{"id":3155,"date":"2018-12-24T14:27:33","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T01:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/menzies.group\/?p=3155"},"modified":"2018-12-25T01:34:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T12:34:34","slug":"jay-maries-auckland-news-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/menzies.group\/?p=3155","title":{"rendered":"Jay &#038; Marie\u2019s Auckland News 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings from the 2 \u201coldies\u201d in Auckland as Christmas 2018 comes to a close.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3156\" src=\"http:\/\/menzies.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Jay-Marie-Nov18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/menzies.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Jay-Marie-Nov18.jpg 540w, https:\/\/menzies.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Jay-Marie-Nov18-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/menzies.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Jay-Marie-Nov18-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We look back through this year to remember&#8230;..At the end of January we were estactic to welcome Annemarie home in New Zealand as she had been unable to return for about 4 years. She was only here 10 days so we made the most of her return, even though I went down with a nasty infection whilst here, but she was the best nurse ever!<\/p>\n\r\n    <style>\r\n        #weblizar_3245 .wrgf-header-label {\r\n            color: #FFFFFF !important;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        #weblizar_3245 .wrgf-footer-label {\r\n            color: #000000 !important;\r\n            font-size: 16px;\r\n            margin-bottom: 5px;\r\n            margin-top: 5px;\r\n            text-align: center;\r\n            font-weight: normal;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        #weblizar_3245 .b-link-stroke .b-top-line {\r\n            background: rgba(10, 194, 210, 0.5);\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        #weblizar_3245 .b-link-stroke .b-bottom-line {\r\n            background: rgba(10, 194, 210, 0.5);\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        #weblizar_3245 .b-wrapper {\r\n            font-family: Arial;\r\n       \r\n        }\r\n\r\n        #weblizar_3245 .wrgf-header-label {\r\n            font-family: Arial 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It was so good to all be together, as being so far away, it is a rare occasion.<br \/>\nAfter Annemarie left, we had the pleasure of welcoming my dear late cousin Gretta Murphy\u2019s daughter Mary O\u2019Halloran from Co. Cork, Eire, back to NZ. We all enjoyed seeing Mary again, as she worked here for a couple of years some years back.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3322\" src=\"http:\/\/menzies.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marie-Murphy-Visit-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/menzies.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marie-Murphy-Visit.jpg 800w, https:\/\/menzies.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marie-Murphy-Visit-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/menzies.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marie-Murphy-Visit-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/menzies.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marie-Murphy-Visit-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/menzies.group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marie-Murphy-Visit-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were very proud to have our first grandchild Isabella Russo (Annemarie\u2019s daughter) graduate from Georgia University USA, with double Hons BA 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